2014 DRIVER LINEUP

UPDATED

Hulkenberg is now confirmed at Force India. Guess he had nowhere to go really.

So far the 2014 driver lineup has been much waiting and not much confirmation as teams play the cat and mouse game. Some drivers are confirmed, some are waiting for the right time to move, some are not sure what is going on, some think they know what is going on. At least one driver is confirmed for now and it is Felipe Massa who will be moving to Williams. So how does the driver line up look so far?

We've had a flurry of news yesterday about driver seats and some quite unexpected. Perez is out of McLaren, something I didn't expect. They've given the seat to Kevin Magnussen. Heikki Kovalainen replaces Kimi Raikkonen for the last 2 races but will stay at Caterham for next season.

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor
1	Vettel	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault
2	Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault
3	Rosberg	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes
4	Hamilton	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes
5	Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari
6	Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari
7	Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus-Renault
8	Kovalainnen*	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus-Renault
9	Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes
10	Magnussen	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes
11	Hulkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes
12		Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes
14		Sauber F1 Team	Sauber-Ferrari
15		Sauber F1 Team	Sauber-Ferrari
16	Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Renault
17	Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Renault
18	Massa	Williams F1 Team	Williams-Mercedes
19	Bottas	Williams F1 Team	Williams-Mercedes
20	Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia-Ferrari
21		Marussia F1 Team	Marussia-Ferrari
22		Caterham F1 Team	Caterham Renault
23		Caterham F1 Team	Caterham Renault

Massa had this to say:

When I was a kid, I always dreamed of racing for Williams, Ferrari or McLaren and I'm glad to be signing with another icon of the sport. The team wants to grow. It is already a big team but they are really pushing hard to go back to what they were in the past. It is a team to fight for the championships and good results and I really want to be a part of it. I understand what they are doing to get stronger. I think we can be very successful and I believe it is the best choice compared to the other choices I had.

I think he doesn't have that much of a choice so basically it was PR talk.

Team founder and principal Sir Frank Williams says Massa is "an exceptional talent and a real fighter on the track", while his daughter Claire, the deputy team principal, said: "Felipe has demonstrated his talent and speed over the years, as well as his ability to motivate and drive a team to championship success."

Claire Williams added that acquiring Massa's services was "a key step towards our goal of returning Williams to the front of the grid and part of our ongoing plans to ensure we are stronger in 2014 and beyond".

We'll see, won't we. Williams just needs some more money and a faster car. Perhaps the Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras will consider replacing PDVSA now that a Brazilian is there again.

Perez had this to say:

"It (McLaren's decision) wasn't what I was expecting. But this is life, and sometimes life doesn't go the way you want it to go - and this is a perfect example - so you have to take another route. I'm still young, I still have a lot to give to the sport, and I have my whole career in front of me. I just have to take another route now to keep aiming for my goals in Formula One to become a World Champion."

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